Covid-19 latest: UK government claims huge rise in testing but numbers called into question

Boris Johnson chairs his first digital Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, since he returned to work after contracting coronavirus. April 30, 2020. - Copyright Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/via AP

By Luke Hurst with AP

Published on 01/05/2020 - 07:19•Updated 23:08

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